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The North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center's Carolinas Development Assistance and Siting Hub (C-DASH) program offers support to counties in the Carolinas with education and technical assistance on solar and wind energy siting and permitting.
The center collaborates with partners from across the region, including the SC Energy Office, for the following services:
- Surveying residents and hosts community meetings to understand local questions and perspectives on renewable energy development.
- Providing resource materials to support local governments, including ... Read more
The Senate spent a large portion of their time this week on the floor debating several amendments to S. 244, the tort reform bill, in a continued effort to reach a compromise. As of Thursday, the bill remains in Special Order status with debate likely to continue next week. Meanwhile, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee continued taking... Read more
The March edition of the COMPASS newsletter has just landed in inboxes and online.The South Carolina Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs has released county millage rate limitations for FY 2025-26. County population estimates—one of the two components that make up the millage rate increase limitation prescribed in Section 6-1-320(A)(1)—were recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The other component—the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase of 2.95%—was released in February.
The millage rate increase limitation for FY 2026 will be the total of the... Read more